Ardestani, M;
Chen, Z;
Noori, H;
Moazen, M;
Jin, Z;
(2019)
Computational analysis of knee joint stability following total knee arthroplasty.
Journal of Biomechanics
, 86
pp. 17-26.
10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.01.029.
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Abstract
The overall objective of this study was to introduce knee joint power as a potential measure to investigate knee joint stability following total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Specific aims were to investigate whether weakened knee joint stabilizers cause abnormal kinematics and how it influences the knee joint kinetic (i.e., power) in response to perturbation. Patient-specific musculoskeletal models were simulated with experimental gait data from six TKA patients (baseline models). Muscle strength and ligament force parameter were reduced by up to 30% to simulate weak knee joint stabilizers (weak models). Two different muscle recruitment criteria were tested to examine whether altered muscle recruitment pattern can mask the influence of weakened stabilizers on the knee joint kinematics and kinetics. Level-walking knee joint kinematics and kinetics were calculated though force-dependent kinematic and inverse dynamic analyses. Bode analysis was then recruited to estimate the knee joint power in response to a simulated perturbation. Weak models resulted in larger anterior-posterior (A-P) displacement and internal-external (I-E) rotation compared to baseline (I-E: 18.4 ± 8.5 vs. 11.6 ± 5.7 (deg), A-P: 9.7 ± 5.6 vs. 5.5 ± 4.1 (mm)). Changes in muscle recruitment criterion however altered the results such that A-P and I-E were not notably different from baseline models. In response to the simulated perturbation, weak models versus baseline models generated a delayed power response with unbounded magnitudes. Perturbed power behavior of the knee remained unaltered regardless of the muscle recruitment criteria. In conclusion, impairment at the knee joint stabilizers may or may not lead to excessive joint motions but it notably affects the knee joint power in response to a perturbation. Whether perturbed knee joint power is associated with the patient-reported outcome requires further investigation.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Computational analysis of knee joint stability following total knee arthroplasty |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.01.029 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.01.029 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Total knee arthroplasty, instability, knee kinematics, gait, Bode analysis |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10066185 |
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